--- title: Introduction to Linux interfaces for virtual networking description: A comprehensive reference guide to Linux virtual network interfaces covering 19 interface types including Bridge, Bonded interface, VLAN, VXLAN, MACVLAN,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-linux-interfaces-for-virtual-networking-cct7can4a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introduction to Linux interfaces for virtual networking | daily.dev og:description: A comprehensive reference guide to Linux virtual network interfaces covering 19 interface types including Bridge, Bonded interface, VLAN, VXLAN, MACVLAN,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-linux-interfaces-for-virtual-networking-cct7can4a og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Cct7CAn4a.png og:image:alt: Introduction to Linux interfaces for virtual networking og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introduction to Linux interfaces for virtual networking **[Red Hat Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/rhdev)** · 19 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A comprehensive reference guide to Linux virtual network interfaces covering 19 interface types including Bridge, Bonded interface, VLAN, VXLAN, MACVLAN, IPVLAN, MACVTAP/IPVTAP, MACsec, VETH, Netkit, VCAN, VXCAN, IPOIB, NLMON, netconsole, Dummy, Blackhole, IFB, and netdevsim. For each interface type, the guide explains what it is, when to use it, and provides concrete `ip link` commands to create and configure it. Particularly useful for those working with VMs, containers, and cloud networking on Linux. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-linux-interfaces-for-virtual-networking-cct7can4a) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Introduction to Linux interfaces for virtual networking","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-linux-interfaces-for-virtual-networking-cct7can4a","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-linux-interfaces-for-virtual-networking-cct7can4a"},"datePublished":"2026-04-03T13:11:04.185Z","dateModified":"2026-04-03T13:11:48.996Z","description":"A comprehensive reference guide to Linux virtual network interfaces covering 19 interface types including Bridge, Bonded interface, VLAN, VXLAN, MACVLAN,...","image":"https://developers.redhat.com/sites/default/files/styles/share/public/2021_Linux_Topic_image_B.png?itok=PfB3lac5","thumbnailUrl":"https://developers.redhat.com/sites/default/files/styles/share/public/2021_Linux_Topic_image_B.png?itok=PfB3lac5","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Red Hat Developer","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Red Hat Developer","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/2a8895f3216c4900bdc455585a4ad3e4","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/rhdev"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-linux-interfaces-for-virtual-networking-cct7can4a","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux,containers","timeRequired":"PT19M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Red Hat Developer","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/rhdev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Introduction to Linux interfaces for virtual networking"}]} ```